Scrum Master

$135,200 - $153,795/Yr

BCforward - Charlotte, NC

Full-time - Mid Level

Charlotte, NC

5,001-10,000 employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Scrum Master will be responsible for leading one or more Scrum teams, facilitating Scrum ceremonies, managing team dependencies, and ensuring continuous improvement within the team. This role involves delivery management for key projects within the GFIIT portfolio and requires collaboration with business partners to understand their needs and drive technology projects in the Capital Markets space.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and facilitate Scrum ceremonies for the team.
• Manage dependencies for the team and provide visibility into delivery plans and progress.
• Act as a servant leader to the teams and help resolve impediments.
• Coach the team to achieve sprint goals and timelines, ensuring adherence to the 'Definition of Ready' and 'Definition of Done'.
• Facilitate scaled planning for the team in a Scaled Agile model, including PI planning events.
• Enable the team to become high performing through collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Drive the agile team maturity based on the Bank's guidelines.
• Manage delivery for key GFIIT deliverables.
• Analyze business needs and build relationships with business partners to drive understanding and solutions.
• Understand the Treasury space and the applications supported.
• Leverage prior Capital Markets experience to drive technology projects.

Requirements

• Experience as a Scrum Master with a focus on servant leadership.
• Ability to coach teams in agile methodologies and practices.
• Experience in facilitating agile ceremonies such as sprint planning and retrospectives.
• Knowledge of Scaled Agile frameworks and practices.
• Strong understanding of Capital Markets, particularly in Fixed Income or Derivatives.
• Business analyst experience to understand and analyze business needs.

Nice-to-haves

• Scrum Master or PMP certification.
• Experience with Quartz or trading applications.
• Proficiency in Python or SQL scripting.

Benefits

• Major medical insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Employer-provided group life insurance
• Voluntary life insurance
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• 401k